School visitors to INTECH have brought along a load of ways to remember the order of the eight planets in our solar system!
The names of the planets in order from the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nepune.
These children have taken the first letter of each planet name in order (M, V, E, M, J, S, U, N) and made up a new sentence using words starting with these letters. Tricks like this that help you remember things are called "mnemonics".
So far, Jenny the Planetarium Manager's favourite mnemonic for the eight planets is this one, from Marcus at Broad Chalke Primary School:
My Very Energetic Monkey Just Swings Until Needed
She says "It's great because I can really imagine the monkey swinging there! Having a strong picture makes it easier to remember the mnemonic".
Here are some other favourites, also from Broad Chalke:
Most Vicars Eagerly Make Jolly Sermons Using Numbers (Frances)
Many Very Exhausted Men Just Sleep Until Noon (Hope)
And here are lots more from the same school. See what pictures these make in your mind! Thanks very much to everyone who brought a mnemonic in, especially those who took time to decorate them.
Many Vegans Eat Monstrous Jaguars Sleeping Until Noon (Imogen)
My Very Enormous Monkey Just Snoozes Until Nine! (Laura)
Most Very Excitable Monkeys Jumped Slowly Until Now (Anna)
Many Vicious Executioners Must Just Sever Unworthy Nomads (Jemima)
My Very Energetic Mouth Just Shouts Until Noon (Hermione)
My Very Excellent Moth Just Snoozes Until Night-time (Harriet)
My Very Eager Meerkat Just Screams Until Noon (Jasmin)
Most Very Excited Mice Jitter and Skitter Until Night! (Pippa)
My Very Expensive Mercades Just Sped Under Nightfall (Charlie)
My Very Excitable Monkey Jumped So Unusually Neurotically (Tom)